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The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic Literature

David in Heroic Literature

by Stanley Jerome Isser

  • Paperback
  • 212 pages
  • Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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The Sword of Goliath offers a fresh view of the biblical story of David, shifting the focus from historicity to issues of genre and popular culture. Isser compares the biblical stories of David with other heroic literature, including the Greek heroes of Homer, King Arthur, and Robin Hood. He suggests that the David stories, most of them now lost, originated in popular heroic literature that continued to grow during the later monarchy and into the Persian period. Isser engages a wide array of biblical scholarship to illuminate the complexity of ascertaining the historicity of much of the David traditions. Readers will find here a new perspective on the biblical David that moves beyond the current historical debate in biblical studies. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

  • Title

    The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic Literature

  • Author

    Stanley Jerome Isser

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Society of Biblical Literature

  • Published

    August 2003

  • Weight

    318g

  • Page Count

    212

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781589830790

  • ISBN-10

    1589830792

  • Eden Code

    1203721